Want to avoid or delay diabetes? Here’s how
A new study suggests that a fasting regimen could reduce the risk of the disease – along with your biological age.
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How to combat the downside of rapid weight-loss ‘miracle’ drugs
If you shed pounds too fast, you risk losing muscle mass. Here are the ways to avoid the problem.
Knowing your ‘ageotype’ could add years to your life
Science has identified four distinct ways our bodies age. Paying extra attention to your biological ‘Achilles heel’ may be the key to staying healthier, longer.
Super and IVF: Whose money is it, anyway?
An industry fund has broken ranks from the mantra that superannuation money is strictly for retirement by highlighting how its members can access early super for IVF treatment.
How to dance your way out of depression
The evidence is now indisputable that physical activity, such as running, strength training and dancing, has an enormous impact upon mental health.
Diabetes’ drain on private health funds revealed
Private insurers have outlined the staggering cost of diabetes to health funds, and called for radical change to fight the disease.
Huge leap in cancer vaccine research
Australian researchers have unlocked a crucial key to future cancer vaccines in a world-first discovery set to fast-track RNA-based therapeutics.
NDIS misses checks on autistic children
Amid a spike in the number of kids with developmental delay, more eligibility checks are expected to see thousands of them removed from the NDIS.
Getting a good night’s rest lies in the basics
From rocking to noise therapy, swaddling to self-soothing, the back-to-basics approach to newborn sleep might hold the key to a better night’s rest at any age.
No pain, no gain: Here’s how not to suffer
Sore muscles the day after exercise aren’t inevitable | Here are seven ways you can avoid what the experts call onset muscle soreness or the Doms.
Medication ‘to make cancer battle bearable’
By favouring androgen receptor stimulants over oestrogen blockers, a new study hopes to improve the quality of life for breast cancer patients.
Try this perfect pasta salad tonight
Pasta salads have a bad name and I have a lot of prejudice against them. But this one has a lot going for it.
Vaccine to fight UTI would offer relief for millions
Vaccines are being developed that could train the immune system to attack bacteria that embed within the bladder wall.
Pre-term births at highest in Top End
First Nations women in the Top End of the Northern Territory experience some of the highest rates of premature birth in the world, new research has found.
‘Battler’s disease’: UTI sufferers’ plight relegated by medicos
Chronic urinary tract infection affects women and children disproportionately – is this why medicine has failed to treat the condition seriously?
Why can’t we decide when it’s time to die?
We need to find a way to extend euthanasia to the frailed aged who are not necessarily sick, and to people with dementia.
Don’t try 36-hour fasts like Rishi. A day a week without food is fine.
The prime minister’s regimen is extreme, but will a shorter weekly fast stave off diabetes?
What a $3000 ‘longevity’ health assessment actually tells you
The old question of if you were given a box containing the exact date of your death, would you open it has now become: how much are you prepared to pay for the privilege?
The perfect tomato salad
When you have something this good, it almost seems a shame to cook it, which makes this recipe ideal for those days when it is too hot to even light the barbecue.
Fast for 24 hours and lower the risk of diabetes
Eating only once a day could reduce inflammation associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, study suggests.
Premature births tied to anxiety disorders
Landmark study on development of premature infants shows higher rates of anxiety, with severity rising among earlier births.
Billion dollar babies: Fertility clinics in growth phase
Fertility clinic revenues are outperforming the economy and set to climb, led by demand for egg freezing by women like Olympic triathlete Emma Jeffcoat.
Reckoning looms for depression drugs
The world’s first psychiatry guidelines on de-prescribing antidepressants have sparked a fierce debate in medicine as the debunked ‘chemical imbalance’ theory comes under scrutiny.
This child was extraordinarily smart … no one knew
Exhausted and desperate, Charlie’s mum Mel sat down with a pencil and paper. He took her hand, and guiding it, wrote his first words to her in 17 years.
Dementia crisis guide for first responders
In the wake of the horrific death of 95 year-old nursing home resident Clare Nowland, Tasered by police, all first responders across the nation are being offered specialist training in how to deal with people with dementia.
Are Australian succulents coming to a menu near you?
Succulents guru Attila Kapitany is on a mission to have us know and grow more native edible succulents. They have an original taste and health benefits.
Age has not managed to weary these magnificent centenarians
In the next few years, the last of those born from 1901 to 1924 will be gone. The Australian asked five centenarians what they believe will define them and their times | WATCH
Food to beat anxiety – what psychiatrists eat
It’s hard to escape the suggestion that we are more anxious than ever. How diet can ease stress and fight depression.
Is walking is the most underrated form of exercise?
There’s no need to join a gym when walking is a great way to get fit for free. Try these simple techniques to optimise the benefits of your daily walk.
Cold plunge: best places to take an ice bath
From Finland to the Snowy Mountains, swimming in freezing waters is becoming an increasingly popular holiday activity.
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